Instrument Care

For both professional and amateur musicians, caring for instruments is an important part of ensuring and elongating the instrument’s tonal quality and lifespan. By wiping your strings down after each time you play with a string cleaner and/or neck lubricant, you can reduce the amount of corrosive build up that occurs from skin oil, sweat and debris. These string contaminates work to deaden string tones, but instrument care accessories are available from most brand name string manufacturers to combat corrosive build up. Click through to any of the leading manufacturers that make a variety of fine instrument care products, and find just what you need to keep your instrument and strings in great shape. Not only will you find string and instrument cleaners here, but also a number of other instrument care products – humidifiers, polishes, head stands and guitar rests.

Polish cloths and polishes are available in a variety of types. Most cloths are made of 100 percent cotton or microfibers. Untreated guitar cleaning cloths can be used with a variety of guitar polishes to preserve the sound and look of an instrument. It’s best to find a guitar polish that does not contain silicones, resins, polymers, bonding agents or alcohol. These ingredients can actually damage guitar finishes and create string build-up prematurely. Be sure to look at the JustStrings.com Extra Large Micro-Fiber Polishing Cloth which is specifically made to wipe away contaminates without scratching delicate instrument finishes. Caring for instruments by using quality instrument care accessories is an easy way to enhance your sound and preserve your instrument’s quality.